New IDOLM@STER Anime announced!

Earlier today on the official IDOLM@STER blog, they revealed that a new IDOLM@STER anime had been announced at "THE IDOLM@STER 2 765pro H@PPINESS NEW YE@R P@RTY !! 2011" event that same day! Further details will be contained in the March issue of Megami Magazine, due to be released on January 29th. The broadcast of a new IDOLM@STER radio show at HiBiKi Radio Station, tentatively called "Anime IDOLM@STER Radio" will also begin on that day. You can listen to a pre-broadcast commentary found there currently. Although many details will not be available until the release of Megami, all current info can be found on the newly opened anime official site, including the 1st PV below that was shown at the event. The site includes a countdown to the 29th, and for each day, a celebratory handwritten message from the cast will be added to the site.

From what is provided in the PV and the pre-broadcast commentary, we can determine the following about the new IDOLM@STER anime:

1. It uses the same voice actors as the game does.
2. The character designs are based off of the ones for iM@S 2.
3. All thirteen of the current 765 Production idols will be in it.

Anything more would be pure speculation at this point. For those that are up to it, they are taking guesses as to who you think the anime character designs are being done by. If you would like to guess, you can send them a message from the Anime IDOLM@STER Radio site.